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Case 47 — Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract? · source wording exercise Clarification for “Reading a preclinical paper: wha...

State the study design and what was actually measured before discussing the proposed mechanism. Keep speculation explicitly labelled and avoid transla...

Case 29 — Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error · source wording exercise Limit of the answer in “Units and scale: prevent a silent compa...

Case 157 — Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured · indexing exercise Correction note for “Research figure captions: tell the rea...

Case 29 — Reproducibility checklist for a bench-method discussion · source wording exercise Limit of the answer in “Reproducibility checklist for a be...

Create separate columns for the quantity measured, method, units and denominator. Do not subtract the two percentages as though they represented a dis...

Case 41 — A durable glossary entry for an ambiguous abbreviation · source wording exercise The same abbreviation has different meanings in neighbourin...

Case 20 — A correction log that survives the next archive update A archive table has a transcription error in a unit label. A later publisher notice a...

Clarification for “Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources”: the point beginning “Locate the primary study and confirm that it...

Case 8 — Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive Clarification for “Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive”: the point begi...

Case 17 — Reading an abstract without skipping the methods Summary draft for “Reading an abstract without skipping the methods”: the answer addresses ...

Method note for “Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result?”: use “Retain units, method, laboratory interval and collection cont...